Episodes
Tuesday Nov 26, 2019
Hey Kids, Comics! #336 - Jingle All the Way (to the Comic Shop)
Tuesday Nov 26, 2019
Tuesday Nov 26, 2019
The holidays fast approach and your Comic Shop Santas Andrew Farmer and Cole Houston yet again bring you the annual Hey Kids, Comics! Holiday Gift Guide! Give a listen to some great Christmas present choices for the comic book fan in your life (or for yourself)!
Monday Sep 10, 2018
Hey Kids, Comics! #284 - Family Reunions: Along Came a Spider
Monday Sep 10, 2018
Monday Sep 10, 2018
"Amazing", "Spectacular", "Friendly Neighborhood" - Call him what you will, Spider-Man has long been a flagship Marvel Comics character...and unless some criminal was impersonating him, pretty much his own thing. In more recent years, however, a LOT of new characters have vied to become, in the words of David Pumpkins' beat-boy skeletons, "part of it!"
This week's installment of "Family Reunions" sees Andrew Farmer and Cole Houston diving headlong into the Spider-Verse with a look at Spider-Man family members from the old classics like Aunt May and Mary Jane Parker to the myriad Spider-Men and Spider-Women that have become fairly prevailent over the last few years.
Note: That's David S. Pumpkins.
Thursday Sep 06, 2018
Hey Kids, Comics! #283 - Family Reunions: Last Son and Then Some
Thursday Sep 06, 2018
Thursday Sep 06, 2018
Superman may be the Last Son of Krypton, but that has never meant that he had to go it alone as an orphan and sole survivior.
"Family Reunions" returns with Andrew Farmer and Cole Houston exploring the life and times of Superman and the Superman Family. A family that began with, but by no mean ever ended with, Smallville's most accomodating, Ma and Pa Kent.
Discover how much of Krypton's life and culture survived, who took up the iconic "S" when the Man of Tomorrow seemingly expired at the crispy fists of Doomsday, and those that are part of the inner circle of Clark Kent and/or Kal-El.
Friday Aug 24, 2018
Hey Kids, Comics! #282 - Family Reunions: First Family Ties
Friday Aug 24, 2018
Friday Aug 24, 2018
They were Marvel's First "Family of Super-Heroes", even though only two were technically related when they go their start! But isn't that the point of this story arc? To explore how family does not always come from birth or marraige.
The Fantastic Four and all who have joined them in battle or in support, is the focus of this, the second chapter of "Family Reunions". Reed, Sue, Ben, and Johnny may be the iconic quartet, but the likes of Crystal, Sandman, She-Hulk, and even (yes, believe it or not) Ghost Rider have been a part of the team, and in most cases, the family as well.
Andrew Farmer and Cole Houston discover how diverse a family the FF has become over a great many decades from Alisha Masters to a future herald of Galactus, your hosts discover that this is some kind of family!
Friday Aug 17, 2018
Hey Kids, Comics! #281 - Family Reunions: Off the Bat
Friday Aug 17, 2018
Friday Aug 17, 2018
Families.
The ones you are born into you can't pick in advance. To a large degree the same holds true for the ones you marry into, by and large. But then there is the family you choose. A term generally reserved for friends, but sometimes it encompasses colleagues, allies, cohorts, and other supporters who become as close as flesh and blood.
In this new arc, Andrew Farmer and Cole Houston spotlight five super-hero "families" that are prevalent in comics and have considerable history. As this exploration begins the focus is on the so-called Batman Family. Perhaps the most dysfunctional and, at once, high-functioning of these four-color families, those that Batman allows to into his inner circle are a fiercely loyal and tough as nails bunch. Discover the curious nature of Gotham's first family as "Family Reunions" takes off like a bat out of...well, DC Comics!
Thursday Aug 16, 2018
Thursday Oct 19, 2017
Hey Kids, Comics! #250 - Amazing Reuinioncast
Thursday Oct 19, 2017
Thursday Oct 19, 2017
About a decade ago Cole "JediCole" Houston began his podcasting career shortly after discovering the term podcasting. This set him on a path that went from VaderCast to Amazing Comicast and ultimately The United States of Geekdom before launching The JediCole Universe and its catalog of shows. It was during the Amazing Comicast years that he met Andrew Farmer and the seeds of Hey Kids, Comics! were planted, though nobody knew at the time.
Since then over 250 issues of the show have been published on The JediCole Universe and ten monthly episodes of Hey Kids, Comics! Live were produced on Deep Ellum on Air. On the occassion of a nearly uninturrupted run of weekly shows, it seemed natural to revisit two upon which one o fyour hosts was unavailable to record as well as take a thoughtful look back at the origins of this very show.
This massive special issue of HKC! features a reunion of sorts with Andy and Cole revisiting a pair of episodes that lacked one or the other then launches into a reunion of your hosts, Mrs. JediCole, and the founder of Amazing Comicast and The United States of Geekdom, Rick Gutierrez.
Thursday Dec 01, 2016
Hey Kids, Comics! #207 - Have Yourself a Merry Little Hey Kids, Comics!
Thursday Dec 01, 2016
Thursday Dec 01, 2016
With Christmas fast approaching (as evidenced by the decor that invaded retail establishments as early as October 1 this year), it is time yet again for Andrew Farmer and Cole Houston to share their thougths on what comic book related (and a few not so related) items make ideal gifts for the comic fan in your life.
It is time again for the Hey Kids, Comics! Christmas Wishlist!
Your holiday hosts proudly share their top picks season for gifts, stocking stuffers, and more to delight every comic fan on your list! "Hey kids, Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!
Wednesday Oct 09, 2013
Hey Kids, Comics #62 - Deconstructing Comics: Stand By Me
Wednesday Oct 09, 2013
Wednesday Oct 09, 2013
Hello friends of Hey Kids, Comics!, this week we continue to pick apart the various aspects of super-hero comics with a look at the friends of heroes. Andrew and Cole are joined by their good friend Frank Anderson, Jr. as they discover what it takes to pal around with heroes.